Subject: Re: reboot
To: Marek <marekp@iafrica.com>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 02/02/2003 08:17:29
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 08:40:59AM +0200, Marek wrote:

> I would like to set up a machine with NetBSD as a internet gateway and 
> firewall. I have been reading through the docs and i see that certain 
> network changes require a reboot. Is this so ?

No, of course not. This is NetBSD, not Windows.

Some step-by-step instructions simplify matters by just telling the user to
reboot instead of detailing several steps that are equivalent, so this might
be where you got your impression from.

Martin